From 87e6c2102640e7a0fd922ec4d7c30a3cb2e6b33a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Fifield Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:53:55 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add August 2017 election information According to UC charter, elections should happen every 6 months, making August 2017 the next election. This patch adds a reference document for the election with some proposed dates and wording. Change-Id: I0d2fae0fc1d05cf9fb04b1649a7266dec38308a7 --- doc/source/index.rst | 1 + reference/uc-election-aug2017.rst | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reference/uc-election-aug2017.rst diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index 1ea3402..260ee92 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ UC Elections .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + reference/uc-election-aug2017 reference/uc-election-feb2017 Reference documents and Resolutions diff --git a/reference/uc-election-aug2017.rst b/reference/uc-election-aug2017.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f624e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/uc-election-aug2017.rst @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +======================== +UC Elections August 2017 +======================== + +We expect all members of our community to adhere to the highest +standards of behavior during User Committee elections. + +Officials +========= + +| Official 1 TBD +| Official 2 TBD + +Election System +=============== +Elections will be held using CIVS and a Condorcet algorithm +(Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). Any tie will be broken using +`Governance/TieBreaking `_. + +Timeline +======== + +| July 31 - August 11, 05:59 UTC: Open candidacy for UC positions +| August 14 - August 18, 11:59 UTC: UC elections (voting) + +Elected Positions +================= +Under the rules of the UC charter, we need to elect 3 UC seats for this +election. Seats are valid for one-year term. User Committee member - 3 +positions. + +Electorate +========== +The electorate for this election are the Foundation individual members that +are also Active User Contributors (AUC) over the last six months. +The electorate is requested to confirm their email address and (if applicable) IRC handle +in their Foundation Member Profile, https://openstack.org/profile , +prior to August 7, 2017 05:59 UTC so that the emailed ballots are mailed to the +correct email address. + +Candidates +========== +Any individual member of the Foundation who is an Active User Contributor +(AUC) can propose their candidacy (except the two sitting UC members elected in +the previous election). + +Self-nomination is common, no third party nomination is required. They do so by +sending an email to the user-committee@lists.openstack.org mailing-list, with +the subject: "UC candidacy" by August 11, 05:59 UTC. The email can include a +description of the candidate platform. The candidacy is then confirmed by +one of the election officials, after verification of the electorate status of +the candidate.